for that we all must drop the pretense that a centralized government is not for the preservation of status quo, i.e. maintaining existing privilege.

all ministerial positions are about positioning, not effectiveness.

china has this spelled out in some laws and govt practices. e.g. they assume rural resources will be abused by a central group until they can get a stronger state law presence. but accept it and keep dumping resource till then and then work with those corrupt entities to ease the region absorption into proper state mechanics instead of "fighting corruption" or some other grand but disconnected goal

for and older but more comprehensive view on the article points, there's: Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook